After a lot of research and planning,we landed in Vancouver on 3rd Aug 2012 for the much awaited Alaska Cruisetour for 11 days.We chose to stay in Days Inn Downtown,which was fabulous as we were close to Canada Place and Gastown.Next morning 4th Aug,We took a pre-cruise tour with Samantha of Vancouver Tours.She showed us around the city,Stanley park,Capillano and then dropped us off to the cruise terminal with our lugguage at 1pm.After long lines of security and embarkation formalities (about an hour and half)we were on the Diamond.

We went straight to the room where our lugguage was waiting...Fantastic!We had a port side balcony on deck 10 while the kids had inside room.Very spacious room,closet and Bathroom.Shower was a little cramped but the balcony was huge,half covered and half open.Our friends were in 2 adjoining rooms,so we requested our butler,Shanny to open the partition of the balcony.(During the course of our stay Shanny kept our room immaculate).We went to lunch buffet which had extensive food choices.Then we explored the ship,and went to the deck for sailing.The view was fantastic and specially when the ship went under the bridge,it was fun to wave to people on the bridge.

We made spa bookings and bought the thermal suite package which gives unlimited access to the steam room,hot beds.This was very helpful to rest sore muscles after long port days with trekking etc. Read more